Jake Gyllenhaal crowned 'Prince of Persia'

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BREAKING: Jake Gyllenhaal is 'The Prince of Persia'!
Published 5/20/2008 by Erik Davis at Cinematical
... In the film, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young Prince who teams with an exotic princess named Tamina (Arterton) on a mission to stop "a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world," so says The Hollywood Reporter. The film, of course, is based on the popular video game (which I've personally never played) and, if successful, might turn into a brand new explosive franchise for Disney. Can Disney ultimately find a way to succeed with a video game adaptation where others have failed? ...

Jake Gyllenhaal is the Prince of Persia
Published 5/20/2008 by Just Jared at Just Jared
... has been crowned the Prince of Persia ! The 27-year-old actor and Gemma Arterton , who stars in the new James Bond film, will take the lead roles in the fantasy adventure, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time , which starts production in July. According to The Hollywood Reporter , “Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina ( Arterton ), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the ...

Jake Gyllenhaal is Prince of Persia
Published 5/20/2008 at Filmstalker
JakeGyllenhaall.jpg It seems the casting rumours are over for the lead roles in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The rumour of Jake Gyllenhaal becoming the Prince of Persia has come true. The Hollywood Reporter through ...

Gyllenhaal, Arterton Join 'Prince of Persia', Because They're Both Clearly From That Region
Published 5/20/2008 at I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever
... is at the helm, giving Prince a slight edge over the usual Uwe Boll fare. I haven't played the Prince of Persia games, so could someone tell me if there's a legitimate reason why blatant caucasians are playing the roles of Persian royalty? Is it like The Love Guru, where it's explained early on that he's actually a white American raised there, and thus not the new Charlie Chan, or are we just using Alec Guinness in Lawrence of Arabia as a standard now? Jake Gyllenhaal crowned 'Prince of Persia' [THR]

All Hail, Prince Jake
Published 5/21/2008 by Kirby at Movie Dearest
... Jake Gyllenhaal is finally entering into the (potential) franchise business. He has been cast in the lead role of the big screen adaptation of the popular video game ...

Jake Gyllenhaal Is “The Prince Of Persia”, Gemma Arterton Is His Princess
Published 5/21/2008 by Rick at TunaFlix
Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will star in “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” mDisney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ adaptation of Ubisoft’s popular video game. Mike Newell is directing. Source Well, Jake Gyllenhaal finally gets his very own action franchise, and he didn’t even have to steal it from Tobey Maguire first. You know people are going to get pissed at the idea of Jake playing a Persian but hey, ...